Thursday, December 26, 2024

Tag: veterans

Why I answered the call for veterans to go to Standing...

At Standing Rock, for the first time, I felt like I was finally serving the people.

Watch: Veterans apologize to Indigenous on behalf of U.S. Army at...

Today, hundreds of veterans from across the United States took a knee and begged for forgiveness for crimes committed toward indigenous people in the name of the U.S. military.

Veterans at Standing Rock are heading to Flint, Michigan

Flint has received relatively little media and public attention in the last few months, but residents there are still without clean drinking water and have been for years now.

Veterans arrive at Standing Rock to act as human shields for...

Over 1,000 veterans plan to “deploy” and are calling on their fellow veterans to assemble as a “peaceful, unarmed militia at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.”

New study could pressure VA to expand Agent Orange benefits

More than four decades after the end of the Vietnam War, research is still showing the effects of the herbicide Agent Orange. The latest findings: An association between exposure and high blood pressure.

Fighting Another War: How Many Veterans will Have PTSD in 2025?

We hope that the findings of this study will help the military, the VA, and other government entities identify more effective strategies.

Iraqi Veterans Unleash On Trump For Implying That Vets Who Suffer...

It’s been a rough week for Trump, whose callous actions and statements are finally beginning to catch up with him.

Create New Transition Programs for Veterans Returning Home

Help us tell the Department of Veteran Affairs that we care about our Veterans and that this suicide rate is unacceptable.

Create new transition programs for veterans returning home

Sign the petition to tell the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to create new transition programs for veterans returning home.

76-Year-Old Veteran Commits Suicide In VA Parking Lot After Being Denied...

Veteran suicides in the United States are a chronic problem. Veterans face a suicide risk higher than the rest of the American population.

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Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.

Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?

Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.

Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence

The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.

Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor

Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.

The world’s four legacy empires going down

In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.